A Juchart (also Jucharte or Juchard, in French ''Pose'', in Italian ''Pertica'') was a unit of area measurement used in rural

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until the early 20th century. In other

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speaking regions it was known as a ''Joch'', ''Jochart'', ''Jauchart'', ''Jauch'', ''Juck'' or ''Juckert''. The Juchart was a measurement of the amount of farm land that a man could plow in one day. It is similar to the northern German traditional measurement of a ''

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'', which was approximately the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in the morning hours of a day. In the

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speaking

Canton of Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...

a related unit of acreage, the ''Pose'' was used.

Size

As with most units of this type, the size of a Juchart varied widely. It depended on the productivity and shape of the land. {, class="wikitable" , - bgcolor=#efefef , + Size of the Juchart ! Region (timespan) , , Name , , Size in m² , , Size in acres , , Subdivisions , - ! Plains (traditional) , Juchart , , 4,100–6,200 , , , , 4 Vierlinge or 16 Quärtli , - !

Swiss Plateau The Swiss Plateau or Central Plateau (german: Schweizer Mittelland; french: plateau suisse; it, altopiano svizzero) is one of the three major landscapes in Switzerland, lying between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss Alps. It covers about 30% of ...

(traditional) , Juchart , , 2,700–3,600 , , , , 4 Vierlinge or 16 Quärtli , - !

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website ...

(traditional) , Tagehri , , 1,738 , , , , , - ! St. Gallen, Graubünden,

Vorderrhein The Vorderrhein (German; English: ''Anterior Rhine''; Sursilvan: ; Sutsilvan: ''Ragn Anteriur''; Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader, and Puter: ''Rain Anteriur''; Surmiran: ''Ragn anteriour'') is one of the two sources of the Rhine. Its catchment area ...

(traditional) , Mal , , 1,050–1,760 , , , , , - ! Graubünden Rhein valley (vineyards, traditional) , Mal , , 1,100 , , , , , - !

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

(traditional) , Pertica , , 700–850 , , , , Spazzo (4–5 m²), Staggio (7–33 m²) , - !

Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...

(traditional) , Fischel , , 380–850 , , , , , - !

Neuchâtel , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France), ...

(traditional) , Journal , , 2,700 , , , , perche or émine , - !

(traditional) , Journal , , 6,200 , , , , , - !

Fribourg , neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () o ...

(traditional) , Béquille , , 135 , , , , , - !

Moutier Moutier () is a municipality in Switzerland. Currently, the town belongs to the Jura bernois administrative district of the canton of Bern. On 28 March 2021, the population voted to secede from the canton of Bern and join the Canton of Jura; the ...

(traditional) , Chaîne , , 106 , , , , , - ! Wooded land (traditional) , Juchart , , 3,360–4,460 , , , , , - ! Meadows (traditional) , Mannwerk/seiteur or faux , , 2,900–3,900 , , , , , - ! Vaud – Meadows (1822) , Fossorier , , 4,500 , , , , , - !

Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...

(1822) , Pose , , 4,500 , , , , 8 Fossorier or Ouvrier , - !

(1826) , Pertica , , 500 , , , , Tavole, Gettate, Once or Quadretti , - ! German Switzerland (1838) , Juchart , , 3,600 , , , , 4 Vierlinge or 16 Quärtli , - :Notes

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